Question 1

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as

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A)  the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast. 
B)  the easiest part of their journey to America. 
C)  the journey from American parts to their new homes. 
D)  the gruesome ocean voyage to America. 
E)  None of these are correct. 
A)  the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast. 
B)  the easiest part of their journey to America. 
C)  the journey from American parts to their new homes. 
D)  the gruesome ocean voyage to America. 
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of family stability.

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The relative continuity and su

Question 3

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

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A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  New York. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  Maryland. 
A)  Massachusetts. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  New York. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  Maryland.

Question 4

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

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A)  using Indians as forced labor. 
B)  giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C)  giving the right to acquire 50 acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D)  discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E)  giving a father's wealth to the oldest son. 
A)  using Indians as forced labor. 
B)  giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C)  giving the right to acquire 50 acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D)  discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E)  giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Matthew Hopkins.

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A seventeenth-century English

Question 6

The combination of Calvinism, soil, and climate in New England resulted in the people there possessing which of the following qualities?

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A)  energy 
B)  stubbornness 
C)  self-reliance 
D)  resourcefulness 
E)  All of these are correct. 
A)  energy 
B)  stubbornness 
C)  self-reliance 
D)  resourcefulness 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 7

By 1700, the colonial South generally lacked

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A)  a well-defined social structure. 
B)  reliable overland transportation. 
C)  an urban professional class. 
D)  a manageable labor force. 
E)  cash crops. 
A)  a well-defined social structure. 
B)  reliable overland transportation. 
C)  an urban professional class. 
D)  a manageable labor force. 
E)  cash crops.

Question 8

The Half-Way Covenant

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A)  allowed full communion for all non-converted members. 
B)  strengthened the distinction between the elect and all others. 
C)  brought an end to the jeremiads of Puritan ministers. 
D)  resulted in a decrease in church members. 
E)  allowed the children of unconverted existing members to be baptized but not full members of the church. 
A)  allowed full communion for all non-converted members. 
B)  strengthened the distinction between the elect and all others. 
C)  brought an end to the jeremiads of Puritan ministers. 
D)  resulted in a decrease in church members. 
E)  allowed the children of unconverted existing members to be baptized but not full members of the church.

Question 9

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

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A)  the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements. 
B)  the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony. 
C)  a shortage of indentured servants. 
D)  to halt the importation of African slaves. 
E)  All of these are correct. 
A)  the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements. 
B)  the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony. 
C)  a shortage of indentured servants. 
D)  to halt the importation of African slaves. 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 10

Why did colonial masters first adopt the institution of indentured servitude rather than Indian or black slavery to meet their demands for labor? Why, then, did black slavery replace indentured servitude?

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Colonial masters first adopted the insti

Question 11

Write your definition of mass hysteria. Then use this definition to argue that the Salem witchcraft episode was or was not a simple case of mass hysteria.

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Mass hysteria can be defined as a phenom

Question 12

As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England EXCEPT that

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A)  reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity. 
B)  the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors. 
C)  frugality became essential to economic survival. 
D)  hard work was required to make a living. 
E)  diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged. 
A)  reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity. 
B)  the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors. 
C)  frugality became essential to economic survival. 
D)  hard work was required to make a living. 
E)  diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged.

Question 13

Unlike those in the Chesapeake, New England immigrants

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A)  enjoyed a longer life expectancy. 
B)  usually migrated in family units. 
C)  were less ravaged by infectious diseases. 
D)  had a low premarital pregnancy rate. 
E)  allowed married women to retain property. 
A)  enjoyed a longer life expectancy. 
B)  usually migrated in family units. 
C)  were less ravaged by infectious diseases. 
D)  had a low premarital pregnancy rate. 
E)  allowed married women to retain property.

Question 14

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America EXCEPT

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A)  higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants. 
B)  planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies. 
C)  the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America. 
D)  Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade. 
E)  the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies. 
A)  higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants. 
B)  planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies. 
C)  the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America. 
D)  Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade. 
E)  the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies.

Question 15

The early "slave codes" in colonial America

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A)  defined slavery as lifetime servitude. 
B)  defined slavery as inheritable servitude. 
C)  usually forbade whites from teaching slaves to read or write. 
D)  provided that slaves who converted to Christianity must be granted their freedom. 
E)  applied to indentured servants as well. 
A)  defined slavery as lifetime servitude. 
B)  defined slavery as inheritable servitude. 
C)  usually forbade whites from teaching slaves to read or write. 
D)  provided that slaves who converted to Christianity must be granted their freedom. 
E)  applied to indentured servants as well.

Question 16

The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as

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A)  greatly exaggerated. 
B)  generally negative. 
C)  confined primarily to New England. 
D)  extremely important. 
E)  moderately important. 
A)  greatly exaggerated. 
B)  generally negative. 
C)  confined primarily to New England. 
D)  extremely important. 
E)  moderately important.

Question 17

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

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A)  restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony. 
B)  established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race. 
C)  established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony. 
D)  outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom. 
E)  made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law. 
A)  restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony. 
B)  established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race. 
C)  established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony. 
D)  outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom. 
E)  made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of William Berkeley.

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Governor of Virginia

Question 19

Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

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In the South, women were generally expec

Question 20

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

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A)  young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B)  the planter class of Virginia. 
C)  those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D)  people from Jamestown only. 
E)  the local Indians. 
A)  young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B)  the planter class of Virginia. 
C)  those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D)  people from Jamestown only. 
E)  the local Indians.

Exam 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as

Identify and state the historical significance of family stability.

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

Identify and state the historical significance of Matthew Hopkins.

The combination of Calvinism, soil, and climate in New England resulted in the people there possessing which of the following qualities?

By 1700, the colonial South generally lacked

The Half-Way Covenant

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

Why did colonial masters first adopt the institution of indentured servitude rather than Indian or black slavery to meet their demands for labor? Why, then, did black slavery replace indentured servitude?

Write your definition of mass hysteria. Then use this definition to argue that the Salem witchcraft episode was or was not a simple case of mass hysteria.

As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England EXCEPT that

Unlike those in the Chesapeake, New England immigrants

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America EXCEPT

The early "slave codes" in colonial America

The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

Identify and state the historical significance of William Berkeley.

Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

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Settling the English Colonies

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

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America Secedes From the Empire

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